Hot Tub Time Machine (movie)

"About Last Night," which is about hookups and relationships and the photogenic allure of the revitalized downtown Los Angeles, comes with a strange pedigree. First in its line was David Mamet's mean, sad, funny 1974 comedy "Sexual Perversity in Chicago," 100 percent Chicago all the way. Mamet saw no hope for his four characters, romantically speaking, and his view of men and women went far beyond Mars and Venus. House plants and rubber bands had a better shot at relating.

In 1986 the widely produced play begat "About Last Night …," — which watered down Mamet's vinegar to suit a young Rob Lowe, a young Demi Moore, a young James Belushi and — the movie's...

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